DG Energy Newsletter

The EU negotiators have succeeded, with partners from around the world, to secure agreement at COP28 to accelerate the global transition away from fossil fuels.

The Commission welcomed the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council to reduce the emissions and energy use of buildings across the EU.

The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and Council on updated EU rules to decarbonise the gas market and create a hydrogen market.

At the COP28 Global Methane Pledge Ministerial, Ministers welcomed transformational national actions and catalytic grant funding to deliver on the goal to cut methane at least 30% by 2030.

Under the Global Methane Pledge, launched by the EU and the US at COP26 in 2021, more than 150 countries are now implementing a collective goal of reducing global anthropogenic methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030, from 2020 levels.

This deal will help the EU build a renewables-based energy system, lower energy bills and better protect consumers from price spikes and empower them to benefit from the transition.

The Commission is taking another step to make the EU's energy system fit for the future by adopting the first list of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMIs) that is fully in line with the European Green Deal.

To help deliver the European Green Deal, the Commission has proposed an Action Plan to make sure our electricity grids will operate more efficiently and will be rolled out further and faster.

With the support of the European Commission, stakeholders from the energy industry have established a Large-scale Skills Partnership (LSP) under the EU Pact for Skills initiative, to boost skills development in the energy sector across Europe.

The 2024 European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), the 18th edition of Europe’s largest annual conference on renewables and energy efficiency, is being prepared under the title: Net-zero energy solutions for a competitive Europe.

The Commission has published a new delegated regulation on the energy efficiency of data centres and launched 4 weeks for public feedback on the text.

A series of nine high-level sessions was hosted over two days by the Commission's Directorate-General for Energy at COP28, covering different aspects of how we can accelerate the clean energy transition.

The fourth tender for the joint purchasing of gas under the EU Energy Platform attracted bids from 13 reliable international suppliers for a total volume of 9.13 billion cubic meters (bcm), in response to the aggregated European demand of 10.06 bcm.

EU Member States have endorsed a Commission proposal to invest €594 million of EU funds in eight cross-border energy infrastructure projects under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Trans-European Networks for Energy

The EU and Japan have started operations of the world's biggest and most advanced tokamak-type fusion reactor - JT-60SA, located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

The 30 islands and island groups aiming to achieve complete energy independence by 2030 under the Commission’s “30 renewable islands for 2030” initiative have been confirmed.

The Commission has published new EU ecodesign rules to reduce the energy consumption of household tumble dryers and make it easier for them to be repaired.

The EU, together with the United Arab Emirates and the more than 120 countries that endorsed the pledge after its launch in December 2023, will continue discussions on implementation of the clean energy transition and monitor global progress on a yearly basis in the 7 years that follow COP28, until 2030.

Methane is the 2nd greatest greenhouse gas contributor to climate change following carbon dioxide. Learn more about methane and the Global Methane Pledge that was launched by the EU and the US at COP26.